雨月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雨 月
う
Grade: 1		 げつ
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of Middle Chinese elements 雨 (u, “rain”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, moonlight, month”).

Pronunciation

Noun

雨月 (hiragana うげつ, rōmaji ugetsu)

  1. the moon unseen due to the rain
    Synonyms: 雨の月 (ame no tsuki), 雨名月 (ame meigetsu)
    Hypernym: 無月 (mugetsu)
  2. the fifth month in the lunar calendar
    Synonym: 五月 (satsuki)

Derived terms
  • 雨 (う)月 (げつ)物 (もの)語 (がたり) (Ugetsu Monogatari): yomihon by Ueda Akinari

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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